System and method for distributing individuated information

Abstract

Methods and systems of distributing individualized information are presented. First a mobile terminal with an identifier is used to read an information carrier to obtain at least one piece of identification-information carried on the information carrier, then it is determined whether the at least one piece of identification-information is matched with at least one of multiple pieces of pre-stored identification-information. If there is a match, at least one piece of distribution information associated with the identifier is determined from a set of distribution information associated with the at least one piece of identification-information according to at least one identifier matching rule matched with the identifier. The individualized methods and systems of the present invention greatly reduce requirements for network resource and computation resource.

1 . A method of distributing information, comprising:
 reading an information carrier using a mobile terminal with an identifier to obtain at least one piece of identification-information on the information carrier;   determining whether the at least one piece of identification-information is matched with at least one of multiple pieces of pre-stored identification-information, if matched:
 determining at least one piece of distribution information associated with the identifier from a set of distribution information associated with the at least one piece of identification-information according to at least one identifier matching rule matched with the identifier. 
   
   
   
       2 . The method of distributing information of  claim 1 , wherein the identifier comprises at least one of user agent data of the mobile terminal, user number of the mobile terminal, international mobile equipment identity, Mobile Country Code, Mobile Network Code, Location Area Code or a combination thereof. 
   
   
       3 . The method of distributing information of  claim 1 , wherein the information carrier comprises at least one of barcode, two-dimensional code, RF identity tag, optically-recognizable character or a combination thereof. 
   
   
       4 . The method of distributing information of  claim 1 , further comprising determining the at least one identifier matching rule matched with the identifier from a predetermined set of identifier matching rules. 
   
   
       5 . The method of distributing information of  claim 1 , wherein the information carrier comprises a DM code, and the operation of reading a information carrier by a mobile terminal to obtain identification-information further comprises reading the DM code in an optical manner using the mobile terminal and decoding the DM code to obtain the at least one piece of identification-information. 
   
   
       6 . The method of distributing information of  claim 1 , wherein the identifier is obtained from a gateway. 
   
   
       7 . The method of distributing information of  claim 1 , wherein the identifier is stored locally. 
   
   
       8 . The method of distributing information of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 if the at least one piece of identification-information is not matched with any one of the multiple pieces of pre-stored identification-information, sending an error message to the mobile terminal.   
   
   
       9 . The method of distributing information of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 after the operation of ‘determining at least one piece of distribution information associated with the identifier from a set of distribution information associated with the at least one piece of identification-information according to at least one identifier matching rule matched with the identifier’, sending the determined at least one piece of distribution information to the mobile terminal with the identifier.   
   
   
       10 . The method of distributing information of  claim 1 , wherein the identifier matching rule comprises at least one of number matching, number segment matching, area matching, network-type matching and matching of mobile terminal model, or a combination thereof. 
   
   
       11 . A system of distributing information, comprising:
 a communication network;   at least one mobile terminal having an identifier, the mobile terminal being coupled with the communication network and comprising:
 a reading module for reading an information carrier to obtain at least one piece of identification-information on the information carrier; and 
 a communication module for sending the at least one piece of identification-information obtained by the reading module via the communication network; and 
   a server coupled to the communication network and communicating with the at least one mobile terminal, the server comprising:
 a memory for storing multiple pieces of pre-stored identification-information; 
 an identification information matching logic for determining whether the at least one piece of identification-information is matched with at least one of the multiple pieces of pre-stored identification-information; and 
 a distributing logic for determining at least one piece of distribution information associated with the identifier from a set of distribution information associated with the at least one piece of identification-information according to at least one identifier matching rule matched with the identifier. 
   
   
   
       12 . The system of distributing information of  claim 11 , wherein identifier comprises at least one of user agent data of the mobile terminal, user number of the mobile terminal, international mobile equipment identity, Mobile Country Code, Mobile Network Code, Location Area Code or a combination thereof. 
   
   
       13 . The system of distributing information of  claim 11 , wherein the information carrier comprises at least one of barcode, two-dimensional code, RF identity tag, optically-recognizable character or a combination thereof. 
   
   
       14 . The system of distributing information of  claim 11 , further comprising an identifier matching logic for determining the at least one identifier matching rule matched with the identifier from a predetermined set of identifier matching rules. 
   
   
       15 . The system of distributing information of  claim 11 , wherein the information carrier comprises a DM code, and the reading module reads the DM code in an optical manner and decodes the DM code to obtain the at least one piece of identification-information. 
   
   
       16 . The system of distributing information of  claim 14 , wherein the identifier matching logic obtains the identifier from a gateway. 
   
   
       7 . The system of distributing information of  claim 14 , wherein the identifier matching logic obtains the pre-stored identifier locally. 
   
   
       18 . The system of distributing information of  claim 11 , wherein if the at least one piece of identification-information is not matched with any one of the multiple pieces of pre-stored identification-information, the server sends an error message to the mobile terminal. 
   
   
       19 . The system of distributing information of  claim 11 , wherein if the at least one piece of identification-information is matched with one of the multiple pieces of pre-stored identification-information, the server sends the at least one piece of distribution information determined by the distributing logic according to the at least one identifier matching rule matched with the identifier to the mobile terminal with the identifier. 
   
   
       20 . The system of distributing information of  claim 11 , wherein the identifier matching rule comprises at least one of number matching, number segment matching, area matching, network-type matching and matching of mobile terminal model, or a combination thereof.